Welcome to Hines Tours. We have some remarkable natural and historic attractions/activities for you to enjoy. Please add yourself to our emailing list to receive news about our tours or add your address to receive our free brochure when it comes out around March 2018. (See the link to the left). If you prefer to read this website in another language please change it at the bottom of this page.

Please scroll down for for a sample of our tours (2017 schedule).

Our 2018 tour schedule will be posted at the end of February.

The following is included in the price of all our public full day tours:

Step back in time to 1750 at Philipsburg Manor and learn about the merchants and enslaved Africans who operated the complex. Explore Croton Dam, when it was build it was the tallest dam in the world. Visit a Wolf Conservation Center. Learn about the wolves and have an outdoor encounter with the wolves in a natural enclosure. Tour includes lunch.

Experience some of the most spectacular natural wonders that New York State has to offer. Hike to the 260 ft. Kaaterskill Falls, taller than even the Niagara Falls.Visit Howe Caverns, the largest cave in the North East open to the public. Enjoy a boat ride 180 feet below the ground on an underground lake.

Visit the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, a place for rescuing farm animals. Receive a guided tour and enter the pastures with the animals. Learn the truth about industrialized farming. Explore a waterfall and its beautiful surroundings. Visit a shut down cement mine, mostly used as a performance venue today. Explore the Rosendale Trestle. Indulge in a short easy hike to enjoy the great views. Tour includes a vegetarian/vegan lunch.

Explore Duke Farms, a 2,000 acres estate transformed into an extraordinary landscape. Enjoy the park at your own leisure on a bike (We will pay the rental fee) or by foot. Visit Ringing Rocks County Park. A park with a seven-acre boulder field piled 10-feet high, which ring like bells when struck lightly with a hammer. Visit the Red Mill Museum, enjoy the historical buildings. Tour includes lunch. Detailed tour itinerary

Tour Time: 7 am to app. 7 pm. Physical Grade: 1.5 - 3

Departure from NYC: 8th AveBetween 33rd & 34th Street.

(By the Duane Reade)

Restrictions: Children must be min. 4 years old. You must be at least 5’ tall to use a bike. (not our rule)

A day with history, art & nature. Visit the world’s first true penitentiary, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly. Enjoy an audio tour and explore cellblocks, empty guard towers and view Al Capone’s cell. Visit Grounds for Sculpture. A 42-acre sculpture park with more than 270 sculptures placed on landscaped parkland full of trees and flowers. It is a true feast for all your senses. Tour includes lunch. Detailed tour itinerary

Visit the Nature Center of Cape May. Together with a marine biologist we will pull a net through the waters of Cape May Harbor and learn about the incredible diversity of marine life in the shallows. Experience a 3 hour cruise in search of marine mammals such as dolphins and whales. Seeing these beautiful intelligent mammals in their natural habitats is a true treat. Tour includes lunch

Visit Wild West City, an authentic Western recreation of Dodge City in the 1800's with live shows and museums. Visit Bear Mountain Pow Wow. You will find Native American artists, singers, dancers, performing groups from all across the Americas, booths selling crafts, jewelry, food and more. This tour does NOT include lunch.

Half the time - Half the price - All the fun. Explore Great Falls National Historical Park hosting the second most powerful water fall on the east coast. Visit Lambert Castle, receive a guided tour of the period rooms and view historical exhibits. Explore Garret Mountain at your own leisure or enjoy a 2 mile guided hike, offering many overlooks with panoramic views. Tour includes either a light breakfast or a light afternoon snack.

Experience some of the most spectacular natural wonders that New York State has to offer. Hike to the 260 ft. Kaaterskill Falls, taller than even the Niagara Falls.Visit Howe Caverns, the largest cave in the North East open to the public. Enjoy a boat ride 180 feet below the ground on an underground lake.

Visit the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, a place for rescuing farm animals. Receive a guided tour and enter the pastures with the animals. Learn the truth about industrialized farming. Explore a waterfall and its beautiful surroundings. Visit a shut down cement mine, mostly used as a performance venue today. Explore the Rosendale Trestle. Indulge in a short easy hike to enjoy the great views. Tour includes a vegetarian/vegan lunch.

This tour is the ultimate holiday experience. Start with a guided tour of an old steel mill in Bethlehem, PA. Bethlehem is also known as "Christmas City USA”. Visit one of the top holiday markets of the world, Christkindlmarkt. Last Explore a true Christmas fairytale land, Christmas Village. Named “Best Outdoor Christmas Display in the World “. Tour includes lunch.

* Please note that all prices are for online and mail reservations. A $6 surcharge applies for all phone reservations.

This is either a completely new tour, or a revised tour with a majority of new venues.

This is a tour which has a revised itinerary.

Multiple Tour Discount

Make reservations and pay for more than one tour at the same time and you will receive a significant discount. If you make the reservations online, please wait up to 4 business days for the discount to be credited to your card. If you make a phone reservations the discount will be applied immediately and the normal phone reservation surcharge will be waived. Multiple tour discounts can not be combined with any other offers.Note: If multiple tour discount is used with any of our multiple day tours, the multiple tour discount will not be applied before the full balance is paid. Multiple tour discount cannot be used with our half day tours since these are very inexpensive already.

Book 2 tours: Get $8 off per tour

Book 3 tours: Get $12 off per tour

Book 4 tours: Get $16 off per tour

Book 5 or more tours: Get $20 off per tour

Physical Levels

All our tours have been evaluated based on its general physical demands and we have made a grading system. If a tour has a physical grad range (e.g. 1-3) that means you have the choice of the tours physical level. Please note, many of our adventures include only one activity that may significantly effect the physical grading. You may choose not to participate in any of our activities. For specific tour details, please contact us.

1. Very easy. Suitable for people of all ages and experience levels, these trips include only a minimal element of physical activity such as little walking and possible have to climb a few steps.

2. Easy. Suitable for most fitness levels. Your itinerary may include easy paced hiking with only minimal elevation.

3. Moderate. Suitable for people with an average level of fitness. May include 1-2 hours of hiking, hiking with moderate elevation gain or 3-4 hours of slow pace kayaking/canoeing or equivalent activity. You will raise your heart rate on these tours, so a basic level of aerobic fitness is required.

4. Challenging. Suitable for people with good physical fitness. Includes at least one activity with physical exertion above the daily average, possibly for extended lengths of time such as 3-4 hours of hiking or hiking/rock scrambling with high elevation gain.

5. Strenuous. Suitable only for those with a very high level of physical fitness and endurance. Activities may include 4-8 hours of hiking over steep terrain or other very strenuous activities.